Improved pen and pencil case



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT S. CLARK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED PEN AND PENCIL CASE.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 10,177, dated November1, 1853.

' invented a new and Improved Extension Pen and Pencil Case; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure l is anlexternal view of my improved case, extended, the pen being withdrawnfrom the case. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, both the penand pencil being within the case, and the case being closed orshortened. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the covering-tube ot' thepencil-slide.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of theseveral igures.

The nature of Iny invention consist-s in a peculiar arrangement of thepen and pencil slides, WherebyI obtain an extension-case for both penand pencil, and am enabled to shove from the case either the pen orpencil, as occasion may require.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwillproceed to describe the same.

A represents the body of the case, around which there is a band B. Inthe interior of the case A is placed a tube C, (see Fig. 2,) which iitssnugly within it. The band B is attached by pivots to the tube C, saidpivots passing through an oblong slot ct in the case A. (See Fig. l.)The pivots work in the slot ct as the tube G is shoved out from or drawninto the case. Within the tube C there is a smaller tube D, and the penE is inserted in the lower end of this smallertube, as shown in Figs. land 2. The smaller tube D maybe shoved in or drawn out from the largertube C. The two tubes C D form the pen-slide, and it may be lengthenedor shortened, as desired, the tube D being operated independently ofeither of the other operating parts.

F in Figs. 2 and 3 is a tube equal in length to the case A. This tube Fis stationary and passes through the tWo tubes C D, as shown in Fig. 2.The upper part of the tube F is secured to the inner 'surface 0f thecase A at its upper part, a collar b encompassing the tube, Which collaris soldered to the case.

G is the pencil-slide, which works within the tube F. The slide G has abutton or disk c (see Figs. 2 and 3) at its upper end, and to theperiphery of this button or disk c a short tube II is soldered, as seenin Figs. l and 2. The tube II is rather larger in dialneter than thecase A and tits or works over it.

I, Figs. 2 and 3, is the pencil, inserted in the lower end of the slideG. The pencil has a small spur or projection CZ, which fits or works inrecesses or slots, one recess or slot being in the slide G and theotherin the tube F. The recess or slot in the tube F is represented by ein Fig. 3, and the recess in the slide G is shown in red and representedby f. The two slots or recesses have small reversed cross-slots at eachend, as shown in Fig. 3.

The above arrangement of slots or recesses in the pencil slide and tubeis common to many pencils, and is a well-known device for operating apencil, and needs no further description here, as other devices may beused for operating the pencil or for shoving it out from or drawing itwithin the tube F.

From the foregoing description of the several parts it will be seen thatthe pen is shoved out and drawn in from the case A by operating thebandB, and that the pencil I is shoved out from or drawn into the case A- byoperating the tube H, which is attached to the button or disk c on theupper end of the pencilslide G.

The pen and pencil are operated independently of each other, and nothingis liable to get out of repair.

The multiplicity of parts in many pen and pencil cases has hithertoprevented their general use.

Having thus described Inyinvention, I state that I claim neither the pennor pencil slide separately, for both have been previously used; but

I/Vhat I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The peculiar arrangement of the pen and pencil slides, as herein shownand described, viz: having the pencil-slide G, with its covi ering-tubeF, placed within the pen-slide or the tubes C and D and operating thetwo slides independently of each other, in the manner as set forth.

GILBERT S. CLARK.

Witnesses:

O. D. MUNN, S. H. WALES.

